In the US, it seems so. In the UK their albums were continuing to go to #1 repeatedly through that period. In the US they often weren't even breaking the top 20.
Ebert and Siskel do have some interesting hot takes through the years. Pauline Kael is a very interesting and fun critic but managed to come out with some spectacularly snobbish and ridiculous opinions re: movies that are still widely regarded as classics.
Talking of film critics, I will never forget Barry White, a British film critic, being appalled by Hong Kong movie featuring a lot of kung fu, and saying "The fights seem almost like dances!", and it's like, buddy, you're a pro critic with your own TV show on one of the main channels, do you know not what a fight choreographer is?